# North Korean hackers used polished LinkedIn profiles to target security researchers

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/north-korean-hackers-used-polished-linkedin-profiles-to-target-security-researchers/
- Published: 2023-03-13T09:15:48-05:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Photo caption: A North Korean flag flies above their embassy in Beijing on February 12, 2013. Photo credit: Ed Jones / AFP. Article by AJ Vicens. CyberScoop – March 10, 2023. Hackers believed to be working on behalf of North Korea have in recent years posed as recruiters and targeted workers in a variety of industries with offers of extravagant jobs at big-name firms with massive salaries. In the past, that campaign has mostly been carried out over email, but now researchers are seeing North Korean hackers shift their phishing attempts to LinkedIn and WhatsApp. […] Click here to view original web page at cyberscoop.com